Comment 1YS But Why Not Just Sell The Plastic Parts?

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Intel's 3D Printed Robot

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But Why Not Just Sell The Plastic Parts? (Score: 1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-29 18:31 (#1YS)

Who are we kidding here? All the real meat of the robotics and electronics are being delivered separately. All that the 3D printer is doing is producing plastic parts... slowly, roughly, and very inefficiently.

I'm not against it, but there's a huge hype train on 3D printing.

Why wouldn't this "kit" just also include the plastic shell parts, efficiently and cheaply mass produced in a real factory?

Is it really that thrilling for aging geeks to watch plastic getting melted in person?

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2014-05-29 20:02 Insightful +1 spacebar@pipedot.org

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